The Bank of Canada says it feared being too slow to react to sticky inflation ahead of the decision to keep its key interest rate steady earlier this month.
In its summary of deliberations, the central bank says it considered raising interest rates from the current 4.5 per cent.
The Bank of Canada appears confident that inflation will fall to three per cent by mid-year.
But it's concerned that the return to two per cent inflation may take longer as the cost of services remains elevated.
When police arrived, they located one man and one woman deceased in a vehicle. IHIT has has taken conduct of the investigation. Homicide investigators are looking for witnesses or anyone with dash-cam video.
The Sunshine Coast Regional District, District of Sechelt and shishalh Nation have declared a state of local emergency that takes effect Tuesday at midnight as the system that supplies water to about 90 per cent of the homes and businesses in the Sechelt area is at "imminent risk" of running dry.
Purdue Pharma Canada is one of 40 manufacturers and distributors named in the class action, but earlier this year, the province reached a settlement with the company to recover the health-related costs to the highly addictive opioids.
The former federal NDP candidate entered the contest to succeed retiring Premier John Horgan in August with promises of transformative change on environmental and social issues, but has yet to receive official approval of her candidacy.
The driver of the commercial vehicle was transported to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Three occupants from the third vehicle involved were taken into custody. The circumstances leading up to the collision are still under investigation.
Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, said Monday that adding the officers and the same number of mental-health nurses is one of the top priorities in his party's 94-point platform, alongside accelerating property permitting and making more daycare spaces available.